Health Insurance
Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
To Raise Boomer Retention, Firms May Have To Update Benefits
By Allison BellWhat do you say if your business-owner client decides that retaining boomer employees will help increase the value of the business he wants to ...
October 24, 2005
Assurant Introduces Individual Medical Plan In Sooner StateAssurant Health has started selling its RightStart individual medical insurance product in Oklahoma.[@@]Assurant Health, Milwaukee, has designed the RightStart policy for consumers who want ...
October 24, 2005
Insurer Web Sites Earn Low MarksMany insurers are so clumsy in cyberspace that they are unable to respond to questions submitted through electronic mail.[@@]Researchers at the Customer Respect Group, ...
October 24, 2005
Reinsurer Combines European DivisionsGE Insurance Solutions has named Torben Thomsen leader of its new, London-based life and health division for Continental Europe.[@@]GE Insurance, a unit of General ...
October 24, 2005
Wal-Mart May Offer HSA PlanA large retailer often accused of skimping on health benefits may be adding a high-deductible health insurance plan.[@@]Wal-Mart Inc., Bentonville, Ark., in January will ...
October 24, 2005
Campaign To Lure Young Consumers With Web CartoonsEHealthInsurance Services Inc. is trying to use an original animated series about health insurance to reach uninsured consumers ages 18 to 34.[@@]EHealthInsurance, Mountain View, ...
October 24, 2005
HMO Profits RiseTotal net income at U.S. health maintenance organizations increased to $3.6 billion in the first quarter, up 21% from the total for the first ...
October 23, 2005
Red HerringRemember the old tag line for Levy's rye bread? It was "You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's."Similarly, you don't have to be ...